A film about Simon Weston, the former soldier-turned-campaigner who was badly injured during the 1982 Falklands war, is to go into production. According to Screen, Railway Man director Jonathan Teplitzky has been hired for the film which will draw on material contained in Weston’s three autobiographies. Simon Weston: My family values Read moreBorn in Caerphilly, Weston was serving in the Welsh Guards when he suffered severe burns after the landing craft Sir Galahad was bombed at Bluff Cove in June 1982. Forty-eight soldiers and crew aboard the Galahad were killed; Weston survived, but subsequently needed more than 70 operations. No details of casting has yet been announced, but a biopic has been in the works at least since 2003.

Source: The Guardian September 28, 2016 13:39 UTC